{"id":652085,"date":"2026-01-04T01:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/652085\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T01:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:39:19","slug":"no-1-seed-nfc-west-on-line-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/652085\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 1 seed, NFC West on line \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area & California"},"content":{"rendered":"

What to KnowProgramming note: Immediately after the Week 18 game ends, watch “49ers Postgame Live<\/a>” on NBC Sports Bay Area or stream the show in the NBC Sports app for full reaction, analysis and interviews.The 49ers (12-4) welcome their longtime rival Seattle Seahawks (13-3) to the Bay for their Week 18 regular-season finale, which will determine who wins the NFC West and grabs the NFC’s No. 1 playoff seed — along with its first-round bye.Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold is back in Santa Clara, where he spent the 2023 season and credited 49ers signal-caller Brock Purdy’s knowledge<\/a> and poise for helping him turn his NFL career around.San Francisco defeated Seattle earlier this season in a Week 1 thriller, with backup tight end Jake Tonges hauling in an incredible game-winning touchdown for the 17-13 victory<\/a> at Lumen Field.Tight end George Kittle is active against the Seahawks despite missing last week with an ankle injury, while left tackle Trent Williams has been ruled out<\/a> with a hamstring strain.In the lead-up to Saturday’s game, 49ers insider Matt Maiocco listed his five San Francisco players to watch<\/a> against the Seahawks.<\/p>\n

Follow this live blog for the latest score updates, game highlights, news and analysis from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to KnowProgramming note: Immediately after the Week 18 game ends, watch “49ers Postgame Live” on NBC Sports…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,803,804,7,6,1161,252,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-652085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-49ers-highlights","10":"tag-49ers-live-blog","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-san-francisco","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115834281363097822","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}